Brian Susbielles
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[SCAD 2025] No Other Choice Review – A Sinister Good Time In The Art Of Killing The Competition
By Brian Susbielles Park Chan-wook remains one of South Korea’s most distinguished filmmakers with his amazingly unique turns in what story he tells. Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengenance and The Handmaiden are part of an eclectic resume that has continued… Continue reading
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[MBFF 2025] The Ballad Of A Small Player Review – It’s A High Risk, Mid-Reward Result
By Brian Susbielles Edward Berger has quickly become an exciting director to watch with the success of Conclave and All Quiet on the Western Front. He’s deftly dived into the secret world of power by any means mixed with the… Continue reading
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One Battle After Another Review – PTA’s Wild Ride On A Lost Highway
By Brian Susbielles Paul Thomas Anderson, along with contemporaries Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, and Kevin Smith, make up the VHS generation of directors emerging in the 1990s where they were self-taught on how to make movies and came out with… Continue reading
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Robert Redford: In Memoriam RIP (August 18th, 1936 – September 16th), One Of The Heroes Of My Childhood
I have a Mount Rushmore of actors that I grew up with as a child. Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Redford are on that list. Jack Nicholson is next in line for me. They epitomized what it… Continue reading
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The History Of Sound Review – This Film Creates Notes Of Lingering Emotion
By Brian Susbielles Twenty years ago, Brokeback Mountain was released to widespread acclaim and gave us the first real masterpiece of a gay lovestory which broke norms of setting, not playing into the contemporary, urban backdrop of most gay romances… Continue reading
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Clemente Review – This Documentary Honors The Best 21 That Ever Was
By Brian Susbielles Baseball idols are far and long associated with era, position, team, number, and, especially with Jackie Robinson, race. The color barrier was taken down in 1947 when Robinson joined the Brooklyn (now, LA) Dodgers, the first Black… Continue reading
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Devo Review – This Documentary “Whips Up” The Facts Of Their Musical Legacy
By Brian Susbielles One of the boppiest songs of all time and one that crosses generations is the 1980 single “Whip It,” featuring five men in weird red hats in a cheesy Western with innuendos portraying sadomasochism and sex. Young… Continue reading
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Apocalypse In The Tropics Review – The False Profits Of Brazil’s Politics
By Brian Susbielles I think the last thing anyone wants to hear or read about is the rise of far-right populist leaders like the one residing at 1600 Penn in D.C. But when you have a parallel government down in… Continue reading
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Kill The Jockey Review – This Film Whips Itself Into A Strange State Of Horseplay
By Brian Susbielles Horse racing, even in the old days, is one of those sports that is less about the actual jockeys and horses and more about the betting action. It is a subject that is often linked to the… Continue reading
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F1 Review – This Film Nails The Apexes In Pitt And Bruckheimer’s High-Adrenaline Race
By Brian Susbielles When Netflix released the docuseries Drive To Survive in 2019, it opened the doors to many people who had been keen to learn more about this sleek, cutting-edge autosport that travels around the world. Except for the… Continue reading
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